Monday 07 November 2011

08.00 18.00 08.15 08.30 Registration Desk Open Opening Ceremony (ASTRAL 1 & 2) Plenary Session 1 (Chair: Prof. Hamid Nikraz) Keynote Lecture 1: Applications of Piling to Infrastructure Development Prof. Harry Poulos Keynote Lecture 2: Soil Parameters for Numerical Analysis Prof. John Atkinson Morning Tea Concurrent Session 1 Concurrent Session 2 Concurrent Session 3 Lunch Concurrent Session 4 Concurrent Session 5 Concurrent Session 6 Afternoon Tea Plenary Session 2 (Chair: Prof. Harry Poulos) Keynote Lecture 3: Historical Advancement of Geotechnical Engineering and Their Application in Construction Industry and Beyond Dr Myint Win Bo Keynote Lecture 4: Climate Change and Challenges for Geotechnical Engineers Dr Peter Mitchell Registration Desk Open Plenary Session 3 (Chair: Prof. John Atkinson) Keynote Lecture 5: Modelling of Stability and Risk of Geotechnical Systems in Highly Variable Soils Prof. Vaughan Griffiths Keynote Lecture 6: Stabilisation of Ballast and Subgrade with Geosynthetic Grids and Drains for Rail Infrastructure Prof. Buddhima Indraratna Morning Tea Concurrent Session 7 Concurrent Session 8 Concurrent Session 9 Lunch Concurrent Session 10 Concurrent Session 11 Concurrent Session 12 Afternoon Tea Concurrent Session 13 Concurrent Session 14 Concurrent Session 15 Registration Desk Open Plenary Session 4 (Chair: Dr Myint Win Bo) Keynote Lecture 7: Maximum and Minimum Void Ratios and Median Grain Size of Granular Soils: Their Importance and Correlations with Material Properties Prof. Braja Das Keynote Lecture 8: E-learning in Geotechnical Engineering A/Prof. Mark Jaksa Morning Tea Concurrent Session 16 Concurrent Session 17 Concurrent Session 18 Lunch Concurrent Session 19 Concurrent Session 20 Concurrent Session 21 Afternoon Tea Closing Remarks Conference Dinner

08:30 10.15

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16.00 17.30

Tuesday 08 November 2011

08.00 18.00

08.30 10.00

10.00 10.30 10.30 12.30 12.30 - 13.30 13.30 15.30 15.30 16.00 16.00 18.00 08.00 18.00

Wednesday 9 November 2011

08.30 10.00

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Monday 7 November 2011

Concurrent Session 1: Material Characterisation of Soils and Rocks (Chair: A/Prof. Mark Jaksa) Time Paper Title 10.30 10.45 Application of Creep Ratio Concept for Estimating Post-Constriction Settlement of Deep Soft Clay Deposits Prediction of Geomaterials Compressive Strength on the Basis of Defining New Values for Bieniawski Failure 10.45 11.00 Criterions Parameters 11.00 11.15 The Influence of Rock Weaknesses on the Stability of Tunnels 11.15 11.30 Simulation of EPS Geofoam Behaviour using the Finite Element Method 11.30 11.45 1-D Consolidation Tests to Study the Compressibility of Oil Contaminated Fujinomori Clay 11.45 12.00 Experimental & Numerical Investigation into Stress Induced Failure in Hollow-Cylinder Tests & Its Size Dependence 12.00 12.15 Compaction and Physical Characteristics of Tanjung Bin Coal Ash Mixtures 12.15 12.30 Concurrent Session 2: Site Investigation and In-situ Testing and Monitoring (Chair: Dr Fiona Chow) Time Paper Title 10.30 10.45 Precautionary Measures during Stormwater Infrastructure Renewal 10.45 11.00 Statistical Models and Programming Regression for Field Test of Pile Foundation 11.00 11.15 Determination of Insitu Moisture Content from a Measure of the Dielectric Constant in Soils 11.15 11.30 Characterization of Residual Soils by means of DMT Tests 11.30 11.45 Dynamic Compaction Vibration Monitoring in a Saturated Site 11.45 12.00 Inaccuracies in Geothermal Field Tests 12.00 12.15 12.15 12.30 Concurrent Session 3: Ground Improvement and Soil Stabilisation (Chair: Prof. Buddhima Indraratna) Time Paper Title 10.30 10.45 Numerical Modelling of Geosynthetic Reinforced Pile-Supported Embankments over Soft Ground 10.45 11.00 A Review of Constitutive Models for Cement Treated Clay 11.00 11.15 Physicochemical Analysis of Fly Ash-Modified Soils 11.15 11.30 Innovative Ground Improvement Technique Using Natural Prefabricated Vertical Drain 11.30 11.45 Experimental Study on the Effectiveness of Prefabricated Vertical Drains under Cyclic Loading 11.45 12.00 Shear Behaviour of Sand-Tire Bead Mixtures 12.00 12.15 Numerical Back Analysis of Smear Zone Properties for Vertical Drain Assisted Preloading in Soft Soils 12.15 12.30 Mechanically Stabilised Clay Contaminated Biosolids as Compacted Landfill Liners Presenting Author Babak Azari Hossein Bineshian Seyed Farhad Eftekharzadeh S. D. Ekanayake Qazi Umar Farooq A.S.K. Elkadi Abd. Rahim Awang

Presenting Author Tanel Esin Andry Hussein Yousif Aziz Melinda Jean-Louis Nuno Cruz Babak Hamidi Heiko Huber

Presenting Author Priyanath Ariyarathne N.N.S. Yapage L. Sebastian Bryson B.S.Asha Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn An Deng Ali Parsa-Pajouh
Kithsiri Dassanayake

Concurrent Session 4: Material Characterisation of Soils and Rocks (Chair: Dr Peter Mitchell) Time Paper Title 13.30 13.45 A Review of Local Non Reflecting Boundary Conditions 13.45 14.00 Soil Creep Mechanisms and Inducing Factors 14.00 14.15 Predicting Menard Modulus using Dynamic Compaction Induced Subsidence 14.15 14.30 Design of Physical AGF Models with Coupled Temperature and Seepage Fields through Numerical Approach 14.30 14.45 FE Simulation for Contribution of Matric Suction and Friction Angle to Stress Distribution during Pulling-Out Process 14.45 15.00 Geotechnical Properties of Phnom Penh Subsoil 15.00 15.15 Evaluation of Subgrade Stiffness using the Dynamic Cone Penetrometer 15.15 15.30 Concurrent Session 5: Site Investigation and In-situ Testing and Monitoring (Chair: Dr Nina Levy) Time Paper Title 13.30 13.45 In-Situ Test on High-Speed Railway Foundation Reinforced by PCC Pile Composite Foundation 13.45 14.00 Recent Advances in Geotechnical and Structural Instrumentation From a Manufacturers Point of View 14.00 14.15 Optimal System Design for Instrumented Slope Monitoring in Open Pit Mines 14.15 14.30 Experimental Studies of Suction-Monitored Direct Shear Apparatus on Perth Poorly Graded Sand 14.30 14.45 Measurement of Tunnelling-induced Soil Movement in Coode Island Silt 14.45 15.00 Large Diameter Sample Testing for Offshore Site Investigation 15.00 15.15 15.15 15.30 Concurrent Session 6: Ground Improvement and Soil Stabilisation (Chair: A/Prof. Siva Sivakugan) Time Paper Title 13.30 13.45 Performance of Ground Improvement Works for the Runway Extension of Kota Kinabalu Airport 13.45 14.00 Dynamic Compaction for Treating Millions of Square Meters of Sand Axisymmetric versus Plane Strain Analyses of Ground Improvement by Prefabricated Vertical Drains Considering Soil 14.00 14.15 Spatial Variability 14.15 14.30 The Strength of Very Soft Clay Reinforced with Singular Bottom Ash Column 14.30 14.45 Load-Bearing Capacity of the Footing Resting on a Reinforced Fly Ash Slope 14.45 15.00 Lessons Learnt From Design and Construction of Dry Soil Mix Columns 15.00 15.15 Polymer Modified Bentonite to Improve the Performance of Geosynthetic Clay Liners Microstructure Characteristics and Strength of Fine-Grained Soils Treated with Enzyme-based Liquid Chemical 15.15 15.30 Stabilisers

Presenting Author S. D. Ekanayake Thu Minh Le Babak Hamidi Ren-Chung Huang Abdolhossein Khalilnejad Suched Likitlesuang David Lacey

Presenting Author Hanlong Liu Hai Tien Yu Sanjive Narendranathan Yusep Muslih Purwana Trevor OShannessy S. H. Chew

Presenting Author E.C. Lee Babak Hamidi Md. Wasiul Bari Muzamir bin Hasan Sanjay K. Shukla Richard Kelly Yang Liu Martin Mgangira

Tuesday 8 November 2011

Concurrent Session 7: Material Characterisation of Soils and Rocks (Chair: Prof. Braja Das) Time Paper Title 10.30 10.45 Pore Fluid Effects on Engineering Behavior of Clay Soils 10.45 11.00 Characterisation of Reactive Clay 11.00 11.15 Investigation of mechanical properties of clay seam in bedding shears of the Mae Moh open-pit mine of Thailand 11.15 11.30 Implementing an State Parameter in a Constitutive Model to Improve Predictions 11.30 11.45 Effect of Grade Changing due to Grain Crushing on the Compressibility of Granular Materials 11.45 12.00 Dehydration and Strength Properties of Cement-mixed and Dehydrated Clay 12.00 12.15 12.15 12.30 Concurrent Session 8: Deep Excavations, Retaining Walls and Anchored Structures (Chair: Rick Piovesan) Time Paper Title 13.30 13.45 A Study on the Failure Mechanisms of Horizontal Plate Anchors in Clay Determination of Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure on Cantilever Retaining Walls using Non-linear Finite Element 13.45 14.00 Method Versus Classical Methods 14.00 14.15 Cost Effective Design of Diaphragm Walls Based on 3-D FE Analysis on a Deep Excavation 14.15 14.30 Analysis of a Multi Propped Deep Excavation 14.30 14.45 Effect of Arching Between Discrete Elements on Design of Facing in Deep Excavations 14.45 15.00 Back-Analysis of Unpredicted Sway of a Cut-And-Cover Deep Excavation in Singapore Marine Clay 15.00 15.15 Analyses of Excavation-Induced Ground Settlement with Existing Building 15.15 15.30 Parametric Study of Excavation Induced Ground Movements Concurrent Session 9: Ground Improvement and Soil Stabilisation (Chair: A/Prof. Sanjay Shukla) Time Paper Title 13.30 13.45 Ground Improvement Solutions using Cutter Soil Mixing Technology 13.45 14.00 Design and Performance of a Concrete Arch Culvert Constructed over Improved Soft Ground 14.00 14.15 The Stabilisation of Irish Peats 14.15 14.30 Support of Road Embankments on Soft Ground using Controlled Modulus Columns 14.30 14.45 Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Granular Piles 14.45 15.00 Numerical Analysis of Bamboo-Geotextile Composite Reinforced Embankment on Soft Clay 15.00 15.15 Full Scale Test of Vacuum Preloading as Ground Improvement of Saturated Soft Clay in Indonesia 15.15 15.30 Comparison of Triaxial Compression Results on Cement Stabilized Peat in Sarawak Presenting Author Nasim Mosavat Simon McBeath Thirapong Pipatpongsa Somayeh Sadeghian Takao Ueda Yuka Yamashita

Presenting Author Jim Shiau Jafar Ghomi Oveyli Henry Zhang R.Nishanthan Radin Espandar LIM Chi-Sharn Johnson Kung R.Nishanthan Presenting Author Rui Tomasio Bosco Poon M.J. Timoney Patrick Wong N. K. Samadhiya Bakhtiar Affandy Othman Andryan Suhendra Siti Noor Linda Taib

Concurrent Session 10: Slope Stability and Landslides (Chair: Prof. Marcus Pacheco) Time Paper Title 10.30 10.45 Protection Measures against Debris Flows, using Flexible Ring Net Barriers in the Teufelskadrich, Germany 10.45 11.00 A Circular Shaped Rupture Surfaces for Undrained Soils Slope Stability 11.00 11.15 Effectiveness of a Mitigation Technique for Buildings subjected to Ground Subsidence 11.15 11.30 Stratified Response Surfaces for System Reliability Analysis of Slopes 11.30 11.45 Stability Evaluation of Slope with Soft Cliff 11.45 12.00 Physical Model Tests of an Undercut Slope on Moist Sand Stabilized by Counterweight Balance 12.00 12.15 Updating the Landslide Hazard Assessment System within the City of the Gold Coast 12.15 12.30 Concurrent Session 11: Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (Chair: Dr Burt Look) Time Paper Title 10.30 10.45 Patterns Identification of Seismic Behaviour of Flexible Retaining Structures in Order to Optimize a Physical Model The Study of Seismic Behavior of a Shear Wall and Comparison of Rehabilitation Layouts, Considering Fixed-Base 10.45 11.00 and Flexible-Base Assumptions 11.00 11.15 Effects of Percent Defective on the Liquefaction Risk of Anti-liquefaction Ground 11.15 11.30 Dynamic Centrifuge Model Test of Pile-Supported Building with Semi-Rigid Pile Head Connections in Liquefiable Soil 11.30 11.45 Seismic Responses of Sand Deposit Confined with Parallel walls Modeled in Centrifuge Shaker 11.45 12.00 The Effect of Underground Water Level Changes on Soil Pile Behaviour under Earthquake Loading 12.00 12.15 12.15 12.30 Concurrent Session 12: Ground Improvement and Soil Stabilisation (Chair: Patrick Wong) Time Paper Title 13.30 13.45 Numerical Implementation of a Constitutive Model for Cemented Clay 13.45 14.00 Dynamic Effects on Fatigue Life of Cement Treated Crushed Rock 14.00 14.15 The Application of Dynamic Compaction to HFO Tanks 14.15 14.30 Performance of Geosynthetic Reinforced Pile-Supported Embankments 14.30 14.45 Effect of Fibre Content on Compressive Strength of Reinforced Soil 14.45 15.00 Long Term Performance of Lime Treated Soil near Seaside 15.00 15.15 Construction of an Approach Embankment on Soft ground Treated with Dynamic Replacement Columns 15.15 15.30 Numerical Study of Bending Strength of Cement-treated Column with Spatial Variability

Presenting Author Roland Bucher Ampeglio Garini Matthieu Caudron Jian Ji Shima Kawamura Mohammad H. Khosravi P. Kidd

Presenting Author Ana Carvalho Amir Eslami Amirabadi Yutaro Inatomi Sadayuki Ishizaki Chung-Jung Lee Samad Mir Mohammadrezaei

Presenting Author N.N.S. Yapage Yang Sheng Yeo Babak Hamidi Priyanath Ariyarathne Amin Chegenizadeh Hiroyuki Hara Thevaragavan Muttuvel Tsutomu Namikawa

Concurrent Session 13: Slope Stability and Landslides (Chair: Prof. Vaughan Griffiths) Time Paper Title 16.00 16.15 Impact of Permeability on Failure Mode of Sandy Debris Flow 16.15 16.30 Probabilistic Rock Slope Analysis via 3D Terrestrial Laser Scanning 16.30 16.45 Slope Failures in Graphitic Schist Soils 16.45 17.00 Rock Mass Characterisation of Very Low Strength Rock for Cutting and Slope Stability Design 17.00 17.15 Modifications to the Design of Slope Remedial Works During Construction 17.15 17.30 Slope Stability Analysis: Challenges in Developing Countries 17.30 17.45 17.45 18.00 Concurrent Session 14: Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (Chair: A/Prof. Arul Arulrajah ) Time Paper Title 16.00 16.15 Small-strain Shear Modulus of Weakly Cemented Sand Using Bender Elements 16.15 16.30 Experimental Evaluation of Seismic Deformation Characteristics of Vertical-Horizontal Reinforced Soil Walls 16.30 16.45 Monotonic and Cyclic Liquefaction Assessment on Silty Soils by Triaxial Tests with Bender Elements 16.45 17.00 High-speed Starting Mechanism of Rock Avalanches Induced by Earthquake 17.00 17.15 Introduction to Use of Seismic Technology to Solve Common Geotechnical Problems in Small Lots 17.15 17.30 17.30 17.45 17.45 18.00 Concurrent Session 15: Shallow and Deep Foundations (Chair: Prof. Barry Lehane) Time Paper Title 16.00 16.15 Constructing Load Transfer Q-z and T-z Curves from Pile Loading Test for 3D FE Analysis 16.15 16.30 Lateral Loading Tests on Piled Raft Foundations at Large Scale and their Analyses 16.30 16.45 Determination of the Compressive Capacity of Driven Piles Using Flap Number 16.45 17.00 Lateral Stress Development on Displacement Piles in Siliceous Sand Checking Pile Concrete and Foundation Quality Above and Beyond Specification: Is It Good Practice or Opening 17.00 17.15 Pandoras Box? 17.15 17.30 The Capacity of Improved Pile Foundation on Sand under Vertical and Horizontal Loading 17.30 17.45 An Application of Bayesian Inference to Update Estimated Pile Resistance by Driving Records 17.45 18.00

Presenting Author Jian ZHOU Mark Anthony Pernito B.K. Tan Qijing Yang Affendi Abdullah A. Dereck W. Sparks

Presenting Author Daniela Porcino Binod Shrestha Marisa Soares Yingbin Zhang Jeremy Fredericks

Presenting Author A.S.K. Elkadi Junji Hamada Nader Hataf Jit Kheng Lim Muliadi Merry Tuan Van Nguyen Bernadete Ragoni Danziger

Wednesday 9 November 2011

Concurrent Session 16: Case Studies and Practical Examples (Chair: Dr Doug Stewart) Time Paper Title 10.30 10.45 Case Study of the Failure of Large Drainage Canal on Soft Bangkok Clay 10.45 11.00 Application of Dynamic Replacement in a Steel Pipe Factory Studies and Geotechnical Solutions Proposed In Order To Guarantee the Stability of Historical Residences and 11.00 11.15 Monuments Located On the Slopes of Olinda - Brazil 11.15 11.30 A Case of Vibro Compaction Vibration Monitoring in a Reclaimed Site 11.30 11.45 Vellgrove Avenue, Canning Vale - A Case Study of Rehabilitation 20 year review 11.45 12.00 Geotechnical Risk Mitigation on the Coopernook to Herons Creek Section of the Pacific Highway Upgrade Investigation of Displacement of Soil Nail Walls with Numerical and Empirical Methods and Comparison with Case 12.00 12.15 Studies 12.15 12.30 Application of Dynamic Surcharging for Construction of Tanks on Reclaimed Ground Concurrent Session 17: Geotechnics for Transportation and Infrastructure (Chair: Prof. Hanlong Liu) Time Paper Title 10.30 10.45 Properties of Recycled Demolition Waste for Pavement Construction 10.45 11.00 Constitutive Modelling of Hydrated Cement Treated Crush Rock Base with Cyclic-loading Behaviour 11.00 11.15 Mix Design of Cementitious Basecourse 11.15 11.30 An Investigation into the Performance of Recycled Concrete Aggregate as a Base Course Material in Road Pavements 11.30 11.45 Review on the Relationship between Dynamic & Static Properties of Typical Pavement Subgrade Soils in Hong Kong 11.45 12.00 Recycled Glass-Biosolids Blends: An Alternative Material for Road Embankments 12.00 12.15 12.15 12.30 Concurrent Session 18: Shallow and Deep Foundations (Chair: Marc Woodward) Time Paper Title 10.30 10.45 Estimating the Soil-Pile Skin Friction Angle For Driven Steel and Concrete Piles In Sand 10.45 11.00 Characteristics of Radiated Waves in Viscoelstic Soil Layer due to Lateral Flexural Vibration of Single Pile 11.00 11.15 Degradation of Axial Response of Piles under Lateral Cyclic Loading in Sand 11.15 11.30 Efficient Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis of Laterally Loaded Piles 11.30 11.45 A Study on Drilled Shaft Tip Grouting through Physical and Numerical Models 11.45 12.00 Performance of Contiguous Bored Pile Wall in KHF Residual Soils 12.00 12.15 Finite Element Analyses of Granular Pile Anchors as a Foundation Option for Reactive Soils 12.15 12.30 Presenting Author Phermphorn Buathong Babak Hamidi Roberto Coutinho Babak Hamidi Colin Leek Paul Hewitt Sarang Seyrafian Babak Hamidi Presenting Author A. Azam Pakdee Khobklang Yang Sheng Yeo Colin Leek Gordon LM Leung Mahdi Miri Disfani

Presenting Author Nader Hataf Amir Bahrami Sudip Basack Chin Loong Chan M Chang S. M. Tan Mostafa A. Ismail

Concurrent Session 19: Case Studies and Practical Examples (Chair: Babak Hamidi) Time Paper Title 13.30 13.45 Behaviour of Sand Compaction Pile Improved Ground during Earthquakes 13.45 14.00 Hydrodynamic and Geotechnical Aspects of Tavira Fishing Port, Portugal 14.00 14.15 Three Dimensional Load Analysis of Tunnel Linings using NATM 14.15 14.30 New Approach for Tremie Concrete used for Deep Foundations 14.30 14.45 Case Study Ground Improvement underneath a Reinforced Earth Wall using Stone Columns 14.45 15.00 Case Study Fill Stabilisation CV003 Overland Ore Supply Conveyor Xstrata, Mount Isa Mines, Queensland, Australia 15.00 15.15 Performance of an Embankment constructed on Stone Columns 15.15 15.30 Numerical Analysis on Excessive Deformation of a Steel Arch Bridge Concurrent Session 20: Geotechnics for Transportation and Infrastructure (Chair: Dr Mostafa Ismail) Time Paper Title 13.30 13.45 Soil-Tyre Chips Stabilised by Cement as a Road Construction Material 13.45 14.00 Frost Heaving Pressure and Stiffness of Compacted Roadbed Material by Light Falling Weight Deflectometer Test 14.00 14.15 Failure Criteria Evaluation and Shear Strength of Granular Base Course for Thin Flexible Pavement 14.15 14.30 Moisture Ingress of Cemented Basecourse 14.30 14.45 Erodability of Stabilised Pavements Using the Wheel Tracking Test 14.45 15.00 Review of the Performance of In-situ Foamed Bitumen Stabilised Pavements in the City of Canning 15.00 15.15 15.15 15.30 Concurrent Session 21: Shallow and Deep Foundations (Chair: Prof. Yuxia Hu) Time Paper Title 13.30 13.45 The Capacity of Improved Pile Foundation on Sand under Vertical Loading 13.45 14.00 Reduced Lateral Pile Resistance near Mse Abutments Based On Full-Scale Tests 14.00 14.15 Vertical Load Transfer Curves Conditioned by Residual Loads of Piles Installed in a Residual Soil 14.15 14.30 Analysis of Curved Beam on a Non-Uniform Elastic Foundation Using the Imbedding Method 14.30 14.45 Large Deformation FE Analysis of Punch-through Failure of Spudcan Foundation in Two Layered Clays 14.45 15.00 A Laboratory Study of Displacement Pile Set-up in Sand 15.00 15.15 Lateral stresses developed on displacement piles in clay 15.15 15.30

Presenting Author Nadeej Hansaraj Priyankara Alexandre Santos-Ferreira Usman Muhamed Karsten Beckhaus Joseph Otu Owusu Peter McAllister Firman Siahaan Ting Zhang Presenting Author Panu Promputthangkoon Eun Chul Shin Komsun Siripun Yang Sheng Yeo Yang Sheng Yeo Colin Leek

Presenting Author Pongsakorn Punrattanasin Kyle Rollins David Fernandes S. M. Binesh Wen Gao Jit Kheng Lim Barry Lehane